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The Urban Farmhouse

Begin at the Beginning

January 19, 2016

Taking Lewis Carroll’s words to heart let’s talk the start of our journey into wonderland.

Our Renovation! Say hello to our 115 year old (new to us) farmhouse.

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The old girl looks good for her age right?

We have officially started the work now. I mean not us obviously cause that would be stupid. Professional people have started the work now. It’s been a few months of going back and forth with architects and builders to finalize everything. We’ll write some stuff on that at some point to talk about the process a little more. Hopefully writing about it will go quicker right?

Let’s start with a little photo tour shall we?

Staircase to heaven... We are calling the porch heaven... That's cool right Lex?
Staircase to heaven… We are calling the porch heaven… That’s cool right Lex?

The porch is not being touched in the renovation other than maybe a paint job (ceiling needs it BAD). We can’t wait for this nice big porch overlooking a nice big front yard.

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Baby got back

The back of the house will have the most drastic change. It is going to be extended out on both sides. You might say, we’ll have some junk in the trunk. In the pictures the left side is the kitchen which will extend out into a new kitchen/great room. The right is a bedroom that will extend out and become the new master suite.

Here’s a nifty little gallery. Captions may or may not be helpful. It depends on how helpful you find bad jokes.

Front yard. No milkshakes, hence no boys.
From front door. This is as far as some people will make it in. You know who you are.
Current living room. Future Dining room.
Current dining room. Being reconfigured.
You know what happens here (poop emoji)
Master bedroom. Not changing. Very stuck in its ways.
Master bathroom. (poop emoji again).
Bedroom becoming bedroom/office. Pink is yet to be determined
Other bedroom. Bed too small for Stu. Will probably end up on it anyway.
Future master. Will usurp the throne from other master. Expect a cage match.
Hallway along bedrooms. Ladder won’t leave. It’s awkward.
Very old wall and wallpaper going up to attic. If anyone knows where we can get that print please don’t tell us.
Attic/playroom/time out area.
Kitchen. Getting embiggened.
Backyard/Edie’s play area/BBQ zone.

We will describe more of the changes in separate posts. We are making a lot and to describe them all in one would take you longer to read than it felt to watch Titanic. So please stay tuned and enjoy watching it all happen (the changes, not the Titanic).

We are currently in the demo phase (no TNT involved=sad Stu) and will post soon about that. Here’s a quick teaser of what it looks like right now:

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The bathtub coffee table really brings the room together.

Thanks for reading!

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